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so john boehner trying to simplify things. he's asking top democrats and republica republicans to step aside so he can negotiate with the president one-on-one. it seems to be a request that everyone was able to live with. brianna keilar is live for us at the white house. if this is the case that everybody has been cleared out of the room, does that surprise you? it seems to make sense to me. >> reporter: it's not surprising at all. this is what observers of this process thought would happen all along. ultimately this was a process that would come down to president obama and house speaker john boehner brokering a deal. very much the way you saw they attempted to do during the debt ceiling debacle last year. it simplifies the problem of less cooks in the kitchen. then they will have to sell it. president obama would have to bring in democrats. john boehner would have to bring in his republicans and make sure everyone is on board. this comes on the heels of what has really been radio silence between the white house and house repu
so john boehner trying to simplify things. he's asking top democrats and republica republicans to step aside so he can negotiate with the president one-on-one. it seems to be a request that everyone was able to live with. brianna keilar is live for us at the white house. if this is the case that everybody has been cleared out of the room, does that surprise you? it seems to make sense to me. >> reporter: it's not surprising at all. this is what observers of this process thought would...
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john boehner needs to decide how he will get his caucus together. they're becoming increasingly isolated in their position. hopefully we can have a deal which protects the middle class. there is a piece of legislation sitting in the house today that would prevent taxes from going up on 98% of the american people. 97% of small businesses. they should go ahead and move that. and then we can have a broader discussion of how we achieve larger deficit reduction and avoid the fiscal cliff. but there's plenty of room and plenty of time for compromise. the president's position is clear. we're not going to do anything that hurts the middle class. we are going to protect those tax cuts for the middle class and for deficit reduction it needs to be fair and it needs to be balanced. everybody needs to pay their share so we can invest in the things we need to grow. >> i'm not sure about the plenty of time. 27 days. >> right. we are -- out of time. every day that goes by. >> stephanie cutter this morning -- >> every day that goes by, you can see more and more supp
john boehner needs to decide how he will get his caucus together. they're becoming increasingly isolated in their position. hopefully we can have a deal which protects the middle class. there is a piece of legislation sitting in the house today that would prevent taxes from going up on 98% of the american people. 97% of small businesses. they should go ahead and move that. and then we can have a broader discussion of how we achieve larger deficit reduction and avoid the fiscal cliff. but...
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it's interesting to hear boehner saying, listen, nowhere, period. nowhere. which sounded very final and very bloomy. earlier when i was talking to senator blumenthal, he was like, i'm optimistic. i'm kind of hopeful. what do you think? >> i think first of all the timing of this probably couldn't be worse for negotiation purposes from our perspective to some degree. right before the holidays, which is a tough time for politicians anyway. in some terms we feel like it's light years between now and the new year. it's really not. it's right around the corner. lawmakers will continue to feel a lot more pressure between now and then to get something done. at the same time we're coming off the heels of this election. to some degree we're kind of trying to find our negotiating legs, if you will. nonetheless, it's critically important. i think it's critically important we say to the american people that we get the fiscal house in order. >> how do you do that in realistically 29 days? what do you say? >> let me go back to this. no one should be surprised we are in the
it's interesting to hear boehner saying, listen, nowhere, period. nowhere. which sounded very final and very bloomy. earlier when i was talking to senator blumenthal, he was like, i'm optimistic. i'm kind of hopeful. what do you think? >> i think first of all the timing of this probably couldn't be worse for negotiation purposes from our perspective to some degree. right before the holidays, which is a tough time for politicians anyway. in some terms we feel like it's light years between...
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not one thing that speaker boehner proposed that reid said, oh, we can work with that. it's about scoring political points. the american people are tired of all of us, i understand that. we just make used car salesmen look good. that's the only group is below us. but we've got to get our act together, and prove to the american people that we can regain the trust that they once had in us and get the job done. and as you say, not kick the can down the road. they want to us work this out. i hope we do. >> let's talk about something a little more bright. the former marine stuck in mexico. if you don't know the story, he was basically trying to go on a surfing trip. an old winnebago and a bunch of surf boards and some sort of antique, torn apart gun that he wanted to use to hunt rabbits and birds. he got caught up in the judicial system and was languishing in prison, a pretty rough prison across the border and nobody from the united states seemed to be caring much about him, isn't that what was going on, congresswoman? >> absolutely. this is a feel-good christmas story with
not one thing that speaker boehner proposed that reid said, oh, we can work with that. it's about scoring political points. the american people are tired of all of us, i understand that. we just make used car salesmen look good. that's the only group is below us. but we've got to get our act together, and prove to the american people that we can regain the trust that they once had in us and get the job done. and as you say, not kick the can down the road. they want to us work this out. i hope...
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. >> john boehner and eric cantor said they are not going to rescind the tax cuts for the wealthiest. if it came down to the choice between the two, extend the tax cut for everybody, even the wealthy, or let them expire for everyone, you would pick the first option, correct? >> well, i'm not going to vote to increase taxes. a tax increase is not the problem. a tax increase is going to make the problem worse. and that's not the right answer here. >> but, you know, when you look at polls on this very issue, and this one is from the pugh research center, they say when they poll people, raising taxes on the rich would 44% say help the economy. 22% say it would hurt the economy. and then no difference somewhere around 24%. when you look at a similar question, raising taxes on the rich would make the system, similar numbers, 44% would make the system more fair. do you worry that in fact what you're getting into by focusing on raising -- keeping the tax cuts for everyone and not doing what the democrats would like to do, which is in effect raise the taxes for the wealthy, that you're not goi
. >> john boehner and eric cantor said they are not going to rescind the tax cuts for the wealthiest. if it came down to the choice between the two, extend the tax cut for everybody, even the wealthy, or let them expire for everyone, you would pick the first option, correct? >> well, i'm not going to vote to increase taxes. a tax increase is not the problem. a tax increase is going to make the problem worse. and that's not the right answer here. >> but, you know, when you look...
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paul ryan and mitt romney, he took $700 million they will say out of the program and others will say boehner and obama were this close to a deal that would have raised the age. the president is pretty much on record for raising the age to 67. how do democrats have an advantage on the issue? >> the congressional budget office has the affordable care act extends of life of medicare, number one. >> that's -- what about the $700 billion? >> first of all, and i think one of your previous speakers talked about it. the difference is the ryan plan cuts the benefits for beneficiaries. essentially it's going to transfer more of a burden onto the beneficiaries and in contrast, the obama plan does not do that. here's the bigger point. bigger point, the president's plan recognizes what we have is a sit care system, where providers and hospitals and the like get paid based on how many procedures they do. the affordable care act really shows how we get to rewarding people, rewarding providers for quality. all that the ryan plan does is cut, cut these are two fundamentally different things. no question we h
paul ryan and mitt romney, he took $700 million they will say out of the program and others will say boehner and obama were this close to a deal that would have raised the age. the president is pretty much on record for raising the age to 67. how do democrats have an advantage on the issue? >> the congressional budget office has the affordable care act extends of life of medicare, number one. >> that's -- what about the $700 billion? >> first of all, and i think one of your...
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the united states house under speaker boehner has put together a plan that would ensure that we didn't have these devastating defense cuts, which most people believe our national defense is the single most important responsibility of the federal government as we live in a dangerous world. the house has acted. senate democrats never acted. president obama never acted. >> let's say it stays the same. >> putting forth a plan, not one i necessarily agree with. >> but if it stays the same and the house and the senate, divided, regardless of who is the president, aren't you sort of in a similar position of having a stalemate, especially with a fiscal cliff that is looming? how do you fix that? what would you say is like here is the thing to get beyond that? >> the american people -- well, you know, i'm reminded once again of what yogi berra once said. predictions are dangerous things, particularly about the fewer. your asking me to predict not knowing what the outcome of today is going to be. i would hope and pray that the american people would have their voices heard. and that is we have a
the united states house under speaker boehner has put together a plan that would ensure that we didn't have these devastating defense cuts, which most people believe our national defense is the single most important responsibility of the federal government as we live in a dangerous world. the house has acted. senate democrats never acted. president obama never acted. >> let's say it stays the same. >> putting forth a plan, not one i necessarily agree with. >> but if it stays...